"thinko" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /θɪŋkəʊ/ Audio: En-au-thinko.ogg [Australia] Forms: thinkos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ Etymology: From think + -o, on the model of typo (“typographical error”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|think|o}} think + -o, {{m|en|typo||typographical error}} typo (“typographical error”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} thinko (plural thinkos)
  1. (slang) A careless mistake made in thinking. Tags: slang Coordinate_terms: clicko, scanno, speako, spello, typo, writo
    Sense id: en-thinko-en-noun-blMr0-yi

Verb

IPA: /θɪŋkəʊ/ Audio: En-au-thinko.ogg [Australia] Forms: thinkos [present, singular, third-person], thinkoing [participle, present], thinkoed [participle, past], thinkoed [past], thinko'd [participle, past], thinko'd [past]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkəʊ Etymology: From think + -o, on the model of typo (“typographical error”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|think|o}} think + -o, {{m|en|typo||typographical error}} typo (“typographical error”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=thinko'd}} thinko (third-person singular simple present thinkos, present participle thinkoing, simple past and past participle thinkoed or thinko'd)
  1. (slang, transitive, intransitive) To make a mistake when thinking. Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-thinko-en-verb-LdV~mSbx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -o Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -o: 17 83

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for thinko meaning in English (4.7kB)

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